Holy Spirit guidance

This is a memory from almost ten years ago. I glanced at the time and accelerated a bit. Before leaving my mother’s house two hours earlier, I’d looked online for the worship time at this church that was on my route home; I didn’t want to be late. I pulled into the lot with five … [Read more…]

When we arrived home from Brazil on Tuesday, just a week ago today, I hurried to throw all my dirty clothes down the laundry chute for Steve to wash. (Yes, he’s the laundry person at our house, as are my son and son-in-law at theirs. You might want to talk to the Boyd women about how we … [Read more…]

At the beginning of what could be a very long list, I started jotting down things with which I have a love/hate relationship. (Steve suggested himself, but I’m saving him for the category “Things I love but they sure are a lot of trouble.” Different post.) The top of my list is surely cars. Over the years, … [Read more…]

Nothing inspires such concentration on scripture for me than teaching an adult class or speaking to a group. I live my topic. I absorb it from the writings of others, print or online, and the Bible itself. My problem is that just as I think I’ve nailed down what I want to say, I find … [Read more…]

So how far ahead does God plan for us? When a pioneer family found shelter in a 400-year-old hollow sycamore, had God planned to have that available for them? When old acquaintances have a chance meeting and one ends up working for the other, did God plan that detour one made that day? When the … [Read more…]

Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4

I enjoy my roles as wife, mother, grandmother, teacher, speaker, writer, sister, niece, aunt, and friend. As the title indicates, these are just the musings I might share with you over a cup of coffee.